Cooker hood advice

7 years ago

Hi, we are building an extension and currently choosing our appliances for the new kitchen. I'm looking for some advice on cooker hoods please.

We'd pretty much decided on a Neff chimney hood to match the cooker and hob, going for what I thought was a reasonably powerful one with around 730m3/h extraction rate. There is also another option at 860m3/h but is a lot more expensive so wasn't convinced it was worth the extra.

However, having done some reading online I have read that it is a good idea to go for an extraction rate of 10x the room volume. Ours will be quite a large open plan area around 55m2 floor space with a mixture of ceiling heights say 2.5 - 3m, so given that rule of thumb we'd be looking somewhere around 1400-1600m3 hence double the more powerful option.

Is this going to be an issue or will I be ok with what we are planning?

The hood will be directly over the induction hob, and there will be an electric Velux window over the kitchen area and a normal window nearby we can easily open in case of excess cooking fumes. The room is an L shape with the kitchen tucked away in one end of the L.

I can't see a lot on the market much more than 800ish extraction rate, and plenty of photos so similar extractors in large open plan areas. Thoughts please?

Thanks
Pete

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Jonathan
7 years ago
Ask your kitchen designer to show you a visual with two extractors side by side.
I can't find a picture to show you but this seems to look best with a funky extractor- have a look at Falmec for inspiration.
Daisy England
7 years ago
Go with the one you originally chose. You have windows close by anyway. Personally I don't think cooker hoods are all they're made out to be. I don't have one and when I did I never used it.
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I'm not sure on the extraction ratio but I couldn't live without a powerful, quiet range hood that vents outside. I think especially in a open plan kitchen, your going to want it as quiet as possible. My last one had the motor outside, mounted on the roof in the vent/chimney. It was so quiet and a pleasure to have on high if required. It was placed over neff induction hob.

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